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Pandukeshwar (1,829 m), Chamoli, Uttarakhand · 30.6339°, 79.5475°
One of the seven Sapta Badri shrines of the Garhwal Himalaya, holding a life-size Shaligram image of Vishnu seated in meditation — the posture that gives the shrine its name. When the Badrinath temple closes for the winter its festival image is carried down to this sanctuary and worshipped here until the summer reopening.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Pandu, father of the Pandavas, is said to have meditated on Vishnu at this spot to be cleansed of the sin of killing two mating deer.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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